- Provenance
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From 1945-6 to 1957
John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected between 1945 and 1946 in Beijing, China. [1]From 1957
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also object file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Dr. John Alexander Pope 1906-1982
- Description
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Fragment of repaired bowl with slightly flaring rim
Clay: White porcelain, painted in cobalt blue under transparent glaze.
Design: inside, border of thunder pattern, in center Arabic Inscription surrounded by foliate scroll band. Outside, 6 circles with Arabic script amid floral motifs.
- Published References
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- Jean Gordon Lee. Ming Blue-and-White: Blue Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty. Exh. cat. Philadelphia. no. 18.
- John Carswell. Blue and White Chinese Porcelain and its Impact on the Western World. Exh. cat. Chicago. cat. 36, p. 92.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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